Argue
Argue verb - To cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest requests.
Usage example: argued my boss into letting me telecommute for four days a week
Influence and argue are semantically related In some cases you can use "Influence" instead a verb "Argue".
Common collocations
| person | argue person | influence person |
| character | argue character | influence character |
| place | argue place | influence place |
| way | argue way | influence way |
| Other words: characters, effectiveness, anyone. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- Amazingly, though, they find weird ways to argue JNT only had significant influence on the episodes they didn't like.
Source: Scapegoat Creator - In the Tintin book Flight 714, the Big Bad and an eccentric billionaire argue under the influence of a Truth Serum about who's the most ruthless of them.
Source: Eviler Than Thou -
Though one could argue this is not an example of the trope as Spike Lee would define it, since John Coffey's influence actually makes Paul's life far worse than it would have been otherwise.
Source: Literature / The Green Mile
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